Get jiggy wit it.
For some reason Cass thinks my life as a musician is super interesting and i should blog about my gigs and stuff more often. Well the one obvious difference i can think of is that no one goes to offices to watch people work and clap their hands after every page they've finished. Is being a musician glamorous?...perhaps. But did i become one because of that? ...definitely not. Here's a day's life of a musician-cum-student:
Thurs
3pm : Skip class and rush to soundcheck at Hartamas.
3.20pm: Arrived, looking for parking amongst heavily parked office patrons.
4pm : Soundcheck/rehearsal finally starts cuz everyone came late.
6.30pm: Traffic jam all the way back home to Setapak. Listening to CD of new songs that have to be learnt by tonight. Wished i had a limo n a driver so i can practice on the way home.
7.35pm: Finally reached home. Practiced a bit. Felt really sleepy due late nights and projects. Call Cass and
chatted for a while. Napped.
8.45pm: Realized i woke up too late for dinner. Showered, iron my shirt and rush off.
9.30pm: Arrived back at Hartamas again. Have quick dinner at nearby mamak.
10pm: Gig. During breaks; sit by the bar with bandmates and talk about global issues.
1.15am: Gig finishes. Pack up. Bandmates invites for mamak(again). Had to say no cuz got things to do. (Some gigs end early like 11pm which allows me to go soundcheck at places that does soundcheck on thursday nights like Alexis if i'm playing there on the following day)
2am: Reach home. Turn on pc and start working on school projects.
4.30am: Sleep.
Fri
9.30am: Woke up for 9am class. Take on sweet time to prepare even though 30minutes late already.
10.15am: Arrive at college. Lecturer locked classroom door already. Had to promise no more late mornings
next time even though this is the millionth time. Enters classroom and try not to fall back to sleep.
(My fridays the previous term had 9am-3pm of class in a row)
1pm: Poteng class a while to go eat lunch. Sms Cass and ask if she ate already.
1.30pm: Back in class. Napped.
3pm: Go home. Do school projects. Facebook. Blog (ocassionally). YouTube.
5.30pm: Call Cass and chat. Feel like sleeping but have to finish up some stuff.
7.30pm: Have dinner. Iron shirt and get ready for gig.
8.30pm: Watch YouTube.
9.30pm: Go off to gig.
10pm: Gig. Chatted with some friends during breaks. Try to socialize and get to know some new ppl but didn't
in the end cuz couldn't be bothered. End up at the bar talking about global issues with bandmates.
1.30am: Finish gig. Go mamak eat.
3am: Reach home. Sleep.
Thurs
3pm : Skip class and rush to soundcheck at Hartamas.
3.20pm: Arrived, looking for parking amongst heavily parked office patrons.
4pm : Soundcheck/rehearsal finally starts cuz everyone came late.
6.30pm: Traffic jam all the way back home to Setapak. Listening to CD of new songs that have to be learnt by tonight. Wished i had a limo n a driver so i can practice on the way home.
7.35pm: Finally reached home. Practiced a bit. Felt really sleepy due late nights and projects. Call Cass and
chatted for a while. Napped.
8.45pm: Realized i woke up too late for dinner. Showered, iron my shirt and rush off.
9.30pm: Arrived back at Hartamas again. Have quick dinner at nearby mamak.
10pm: Gig. During breaks; sit by the bar with bandmates and talk about global issues.
1.15am: Gig finishes. Pack up. Bandmates invites for mamak(again). Had to say no cuz got things to do. (Some gigs end early like 11pm which allows me to go soundcheck at places that does soundcheck on thursday nights like Alexis if i'm playing there on the following day)
2am: Reach home. Turn on pc and start working on school projects.
4.30am: Sleep.
Fri
9.30am: Woke up for 9am class. Take on sweet time to prepare even though 30minutes late already.
10.15am: Arrive at college. Lecturer locked classroom door already. Had to promise no more late mornings
next time even though this is the millionth time. Enters classroom and try not to fall back to sleep.
(My fridays the previous term had 9am-3pm of class in a row)
1pm: Poteng class a while to go eat lunch. Sms Cass and ask if she ate already.
1.30pm: Back in class. Napped.
3pm: Go home. Do school projects. Facebook. Blog (ocassionally). YouTube.
5.30pm: Call Cass and chat. Feel like sleeping but have to finish up some stuff.
7.30pm: Have dinner. Iron shirt and get ready for gig.
8.30pm: Watch YouTube.
9.30pm: Go off to gig.
10pm: Gig. Chatted with some friends during breaks. Try to socialize and get to know some new ppl but didn't
in the end cuz couldn't be bothered. End up at the bar talking about global issues with bandmates.
1.30am: Finish gig. Go mamak eat.
3am: Reach home. Sleep.
posted by Dan at 2:50:00 pm
1 Comments:
Wow, it really does sound so "GLAMOUROUS!! ahahaha... Cass... so now you know... ;)
And to think I almost quit my job for this glamourous job...
But then I have no regrets taking this course. I still feel it's a great job. Glad to know there are people out there still striving to make music happens (despite the piracy)
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